Shelf paper



Marsh 4, Y1941. R, J. Huw ET AL 2,233,816

SHELF ,PAPER Filed Deo. l, 1939 Patented Mar. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES SHELF PAPER Robert J. Hutt and George A. Hutt, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application December 1, 1939, Serial No. 307,026

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in shelf-paper for ready application to the upper faces and front edges of shelves of the well known type, set up in libraries, closets, living rooms and the like; an object of the invention being to provide a shelf covering of variable design of inexpensive material which is readily removable for cleaning the shelves at desired intervals.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a heavier and more rigid single ply paper strip material than the above mentioned shelf paper, to which the latter may be applied as an edging or border through the instrumentality of desirable cotton, flax or other threads or strands entering through lines of apertures and suitably anchored for interlocking across the two or more thicknesses of the joint along said edging.

This edging joint with the thinner shelf paper may be accomplished by other means such as by 20 fine Wire stapling, the important feature is in the edging strip, such being of very heavy material to prevent warping or other distortion, so that said edging rests snugly, flat against the front edge of the shelf at all times in a vertical position, or

25. there may be a slight space therebetween.

' Considering the drawing, illustrating the invention in the preferred type and further, in a slightly modified construction; in which drawlng- 30 Fig. 1 shows in extended face or front elevation,

' a combined shelf-paper preferably of multiple sections attached one to the other through the instrumentality o-f `a third separable tie of a foreign vegetable fibre or metallic material or in any approved separable manner;

Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a partial enlarged sectional plan view, the line of section being indicated in Fig, 1, at 3-3 and showing one form of a tie-stitch joint employed;

Fig. 4 is a sectional end elevation of a. shelf,

showing the improved shelf-paper as applied and showing the edging in its rigid, plain undeformed condition in its proper position at and over the forward edge of the shelf; 45 Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a shelf to which a modified form of shelf-paper is applied and wherein the prominent feature is present in the form of what We will .term a' series of strapstitches sewed by mechanical means, such as is the stitching described or shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, and which is preferably laced through pre-formed apertures, by needles, or other leading points or elements may be utilized for the purpose of forming holes to receive interlocking threads for confining the layers of' the shelfpaper in determined respective operable relation for the purpose set forth: and

(Cl. 1l-10) Fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional end elevation of the shelf and its paper covering with its attached edging, the View being taken on the dotted line 6-6 of Fig. 5, and looking to the left, or as the indicating arrow points.

In describing the invention in detail, lil may designate a thin, inexpensive sheet of commonly used shelf-paper of a suitable size or dimension to approximate the size of the shelf to be covered, with the exception of the width, which should be somewhat greater than said shelf to provide a drop-edge portion II, of suitable vertical width, when turned down, and comparable to the thickness of the shelf to which it is applied.

Of course, some of the dimensions above described, for the purpose of this invention, may not be of great importance, but are mentioned to enable those familiar with the art, to readily understand the general appearance or form of the associated parts.

Attached preferably by interlocking threads or fibers I 2 tothe above described drop-edge portion I I, is a preferably decorative comparatively heavy or thick edging-strip I3, adapted for straightface suspension from the supporting-threads I2, parallel with and equidistant at all points from the front face of the shelf I4, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. This uncreased edging strip of semi-rigid construction may carry decorative gures if desired or colorful designs or the like such as indicated at I5 in Fig. 1, of the drawing.

In Figs. 5 and 6, we illustrate a further slightly modified means for attaching the shelf-paper It! to its associated edging which means may consist of narrow strips IB of plain or colored Inaterial, such `as Cellophane or the like.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shelf covering readily removable for cleaning a shelf at desired intervals and formed with a drop strip spaced from the forward edge ofthe shelf; an edging-strip applied to the outer face of said drop strip; said edging strip consisting of material of a thickness more than twice that of said shelf covering to prevent warpage, and interlocking draw-threads for removably connecting the said shelf covering and edging strip.

2. A shelf covering as described in claim 1 in which an outer draw-thread is provided with inwardly directed loops extending backwardly through the said edging and drop strip, and an inner locking draw-thread passing longitudinally through said loops as shown.

ROBERT J. HUTT. GEORGE A. HUTT. 

